Battle Creek Unlimited (BCU), a business development and funding group, started a partnership with Factotem, a business accelerator and design-build firm.

RIVER EDGE – The borough attorney issued an opinion Friday that relaxed the town’s strict "blue law" about Sunday commerce, after businesses complained that a recent crackdown was hurting sales.

SACRAMENTO — Robust investment in social welfare programs in the midst of a booming economy has helped make Chile more economically competitive, the country's president told California's business and political leaders on Thursday.

Power companies in Florida face limits on greenhouse gases and hurricane premiums charged by a state-backed insurer will be frozen for another year under dozens of new state laws going into effect Tuesday.

Ebadollah Ghorbani called his business Omid Market, "hope" in his native Farsi. That's what fueled his flight from Iran 13 years ago to Nashville — chosen on a whim. He befriended customers by offering a line of credit and sponsoring a local soccer t